Rogue Libyan general welcomes protesters' backing

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Libya's embattled parliament has approved an Islamist-backed government despite boycotts from non-Islamists and threats from a renegade general who considers the chamber illegitimate. The Islamist-dominated parliament convened Sunday under heavy security and protection in a palace east of the capital. It was hours before quorum was achieved. Lawmaker Mohammed Samud said 83 out...

Libya's Bedlam: The CIA, General Khalifa Hifter and its Unfinished Coup

published:03 Jun 2014

Libya's Bedlam: The CIA, General Kh

Libya's Bedlam: The CIA, General Khalifa Hifter and its Unfinished Coup

The US is urging all of its citizens to leave the country, where a CIA-linked rogue general has launched an uprising against the elected government.
From alleged connections to the CIA to possible pl...

Senile Israeli Collaborator Col. KHALIFA Hifter. Last Years

published:30 Jul 2014

Senile Israeli Collaborator Col. KH

Senile Israeli Collaborator Col. KHALIFA Hifter. Last Years

When KHALIFA Hifter popped out of the shadows in full uniform, I thought perhaps he wandered away from his psychiatric hospital.
I thought maybe they just let him finish with it because it was awkwa...

A retired Libyan general whose movement launched an assault on Islamist militias in Benghazi and demanded the suspension of parliament has called for a new council to take over the running of the coun...

Webster Tarpley: CIA Has Fingerprints All Over Benghazi Assault

published:19 Oct 2012

Webster Tarpley: CIA Has Fingerprin

Webster Tarpley: CIA Has Fingerprints All Over Benghazi Assault

The prime suspect in the death of Ambassador Stevens and his three colleagues is Sufyan Bin Qumu, an obvious US double agent who spent several years in Guatnanmo and who doubtless swore eternal obedie...

Libya Civil War Who Supports and Opposes Khalifa Belqasim Haftar

published:20 May 2014

Libya Civil War Who Supports and Op

Libya Civil War Who Supports and Opposes Khalifa Belqasim Haftar

For the first time since the death of Gadaffi the domination of Libyan life by the Qatar and Saudi backed religious fundamentalists has been challenged.
All those fed up with the domination of the Qat...

Protest against Khalifa sparks clashes in Tripoli

published:07 Jun 2014

Protest against Khalifa sparks clas

Protest against Khalifa sparks clashes in Tripoli

Clashes continue in Libya between supporters of General Khalifa Hifter, who has decided to take on the Islamist militants who have made the country all-but ungovernable, and opponents of the military ...

L'intervention du Général Khalifa Haftar sur la chaine Ettounsiya TV

The truth of Khalifa Haftar - CIA Declassified

published:19 Dec 2014

The truth of Khalifa Haftar - CIA D

The truth of Khalifa Haftar - CIA Declassified

Khalifa Haftar was involved in the Chad wars with Libya that started in the 1970's. He switched sides and began to work against Libya (have been recruited by the CIA) and was granted a safe haven in C...

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Khalifa Belqasim Haftar (sometimes spelled Hifter, Hefter or Huftur) (Arabic: خليفة بالقاسم حفتر‎) is a senior military officer in Libya. In April 2011, he was reported as holding the rank of lieutenant general.

Libya's Bedlam: The CIA, General Khalifa Hifter and its Unfinished Coup

The US is urging all of its citizens to leave the country, where a CIA-linked rogue general has launched an uprising against the elected government.
From alleged connections to the CIA to possible plans to overthrow the government, there is a sense of mystery surrounding Khalifa Haftar, the rogue general whose forces led an attack on the Libyan parliament in Tripoli Sunday.
Tripoli has accused the former rebel commander of attempting to stage a coup when his forces, backed by warplanes, helicopters and rocket fire sent lawmakers running for their lives as they ransacked the legislature and demanded parliament's suspension.
But Haftar has sought to portray himself in a different light, as a defender of the Libyan people, intent on ridding the country of Islamic extremists and a government that supports them.
Whatever the case, what is clear is that Haftar has become a significant player amid the political chaos that continues to plague Libya three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, with various militia leaders battling to fill the power vacuum left by the former dictator's demise.
It would not be the first time he has had a hand in shaping the future of the country.
A Benghazi native, Haftar began his military career under Libya's former monarchy. In 1969, he was one of a small group of officers, led by Gaddafi, that overthrew King Idris and installed Gaddafi in power, where he would remain for the next 42 years.
Haftar's turnabout from a loyal Gaddafi ally to opposition leader came almost two decades later, seemingly as a consequence of Libya's lengthy and disastrous 1978-1987 war with Chad.
In the final year of the war, Haftar and a unit of Libyan troops he was commanding were captured by Chadian forces. Gaddafi disavowed Haftar and claimed the general was not part of the Libyan army, effectively consigning him and his men to prison in Chad.
CIA involvement?
What happened next remains unclear. Some sources say he spent the next few years in incarceration, others that he told the Chadian government of his decision to turn against Gaddafi and secured training facilities for him and his men near the country's capital, N'Djamena , as part of the Libyan National Army (LNA) -- the military wing of the opposition Libyan National Salvation Front.
It is around this time that links between Haftar and the CIA first begin to emerge. According to a New York Times report from 1991, American intelligence services under the approval of then resident Ronald Reagan funded and assisted the training of Haftar and his 350-strong contingent of troops in "sabotage and other guerrilla skills" in Chad as part of efforts to bring about the overthrow of Gaddafi.
When the Chadian government was itself overthrown in 1990, the US sought a new home for Haftar and his troops, said the report. After failed attempts to settle them in Kenya and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), Washington was eventually force to grant them asylum and bring them back to the US.
The next chapter of Haftar's life would prove more strange still: he would spend the next 20 years living a seemingly quiet life with his family in suburban Virginia. This prompted further rumours of his involvement with the CIA. Haftar's home, in the town of Falls Church, was just a few miles away from the CIA's headquarters in Langley. According to the New York Times, Haftar himself has said he often spoke to the CIA during his time in Virginia.
Before Sunday's attack, little was heard from Haftar save a video released in February in which he announced an "initiative" aimed at suspending the interim government and parliament, and which was perceived by some as a prelude to a coup attempt.
(Source: http://www.france24.com/en/20140519-coup-leader-cia-asset-libya-general-Khalifa-haftar/)
Is General Khalifa Hifter The CIA's Man In Libya? (Apr. 22, 2011)
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-cias-man-in-libya-2011-4
Libya's Bedlam: The CIA, General Khalifa Hifter and its Unfinished Coup (February 19, 2014) http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2014/02/19/libyas-bedlam-cia-general-khalifa-hifter-unfinished-coup/

Act 1 | Khalifa Haftar : an ex-Gaddafi Rogue General becoming CIA Double Agent leading a Military Coup Attempt in Libya in May 2014 ...

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published:24 May 2014

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Senile Israeli Collaborator Col. KHALIFA Hifter. Last Years

When KHALIFA Hifter popped out of the shadows in full uniform, I thought perhaps he wandered away from his psychiatric hospital.
I thought maybe they just let him finish with it because it was awkward or pitiful to acknowledge.
Sort of like when a old homeless man takes a dump in an alley while claiming to be the Listerine Messiah.
Foaming at the mouth.
& likely to fling poo.
No change.
No eye contact.
& avoid that alley till the next good rain.
How I survive in Columbia South Carolina.
& also very dangerous to wake the Walking Dead, they will eat your brain & Jung Religion right out of your children

A retired Libyan general whose movement launched an assault on Islamist militias in Benghazi and demanded the suspension of parliament has called for a new council to take over the running of the country. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports.
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Leader of Libya anti-Islamist offensive calls for new civilian council (CNN, May 22, 2014)
http://cnn.it/1lGBBqT
"Khalifa Haftar said Wednesday that the General National Congress, the interim parliament, had failed the people and that its mismanagement of the country had turned Libya into "a state sponsor of terror... and a hideout for terrorists."
He made his call for a new, civilian council to take its place during a televised news conference in Benghazi.
On Sunday, armed men claiming allegiance to Haftar's newly formed movement, known as the Libyan National Army, stormed parliament and announced they had suspended it...."
US distances itself from renegade Libyan general (channelnewsasia, May 21, 2014)
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-distances-itself-from/1114538.html
"The United States on Tuesday distanced itself from a renegade general who has vowed to rid Libya of jihadists and said it was watching events in the country closely.
Khalifa Haftar led a deadly assault on Islamist militia in Libya's second city Benghazi last week and has been accused by some of attempting a coup, in the latest unrest in the North African country since the 2011 uprising that ousted and killed long-time dictator Moamer Gadhafi.
"We have not had contact with him (Haftar) recently. We do not condone or support the actions on the ground, and nor have we assisted with these actions," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington.
"So we are continuing to call on all parties to refrain from violence and to seek resolution through peaceful means," added Psaki, declining to say whether Washington viewed Haftar's actions as a coup attempt.
Libya's electoral commission announced on Tuesday that polls will take place on June 25 to elect a new parliament to replace the contested General National Congress, Lana state news agency said.
Gunmen from the ex-rebel Zintan brigade, who say they back Haftar, attacked the parliament building in the capital Tripoli on Sunday, while Haftar has been branded an "outlaw" by Libyan authorities...."
Is General Khalifa Hifter The CIA's Man In Libya? (businessinsider, Apr 22, 2011)
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-cias-man-in-libya-2011-4
"As the United States and its allies get deeper into the confrontation with Qaddafi in Libya, it's worth stepping back to consider what is actually taking place—and why.
We've been told very little about the rebels seeking to supplant the dictator. But one in particular deserves our attention. General Khalifa Hifter, the latest person to head the rebel forces.....
A New York Times report of May 1991 shed more light on the CIA's sponsorship of Heftir's men. "They were trained" it said, "by American intelligence officials in sabotage and other guerilla skills, officials said, at a base near Ndjamena, the Chadian capital. The plan to use the exiles fit neatly into the Reagan administration's eagerness to topple Colonel Qaddafi"....
In March 1996, Heftir returned to Libya and took part in an uprising against Gaddafi. Details of what happened are scant but the Washington Post reported from Egypt on March 26th that travelers from Libya had spoken of "unrest today in Jabal Akhdar mountains of eastern Libya and said armed rebels may have joined escaped prisoners in an uprising against the government....
What part the CIA played in the failed uprising and whether the then US president, Bill Clinton had given the operation his approval are not known. By coincidence or not, three months later, Gaddafi's forces killed some 1200 political prisoners being held in Benghazi's Abu Simal jail. It was the arrest of the lawyer representing many of the prisoners' families that sparked the February 17th uprising against Gaddafi and with it, the return of Khalifa Heftir. As usual, the back story is complex. Valuable strategic resources abound. There are no good guys. And, as usual, the reporting that commands most of our attention just isn't very good at helping us understand what is really going on...."
Libya On Edge: Fighting Sweeps Across Tripoli Following Violence In Benghazi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eltKf0WV1s
Libya Army In Benghazi Clashes With Ansar Al-Sharia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTwwGIJUOV4
Libyan Militia Fires On Protesters Killing At Least 43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_cSYygcW8Y
Putting Light On A Dark Period Of Cooperation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_L_r2Q49fE
A Bitter Season Of Discontent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v0MHjUiJwM
"No One In Libya Wants Al-Qaeda"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSwRY20S3Sw
Embracing Sharia In Libya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doCCCW5ko7U

Webster Tarpley: CIA Has Fingerprints All Over Benghazi Assault

The prime suspect in the death of Ambassador Stevens and his three colleagues is Sufyan Bin Qumu, an obvious US double agent who spent several years in Guatnanmo and who doubtless swore eternal obedience to the CIA to get released. Reports have now emerged of a 12-person CIA security team stationed near the US consulate in Benghazi which failed to intervene to defend US diplomats.
Another force that was supposed to be available to defend the Benghazi consulate was a unit of the February 17 Martyrs Brigade, an armed militia which fought against the government of Col. Qaddafi. Last summer, there was a power struggle for control of the Libyan rebel forces between the faction of General Abdul Fath Younes and the faction of Khalifa Hifter. Khalifa Hifter defected from the Gaddafi regime and created his own militia with money from the CIA, according to his own 2001 book Manipulations africaines, published by Le Monde Diplomatique. Hifter came to the United States and lived for about 20 years in Vienna, Virginia, only 5 miles from CIA headquarters.
Hifter was the CIA candidate to take over the Libyan military. In July 2011, Younes was assassinated by the February 17 Martyrs Brigade, which must thus be seen as a CIA asset.
The Benghazi killings thus represent: a US Ambassador killed by a CIA asset, while a CIA team and another group of CIA assets conveniently fail in their mission to provide security.
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published:19 Oct 2012

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Libya Civil War Who Supports and Opposes Khalifa Belqasim Haftar

For the first time since the death of Gadaffi the domination of Libyan life by the Qatar and Saudi backed religious fundamentalists has been challenged.
All those fed up with the domination of the Qatari backed forces are falling into an alignment.
If Haftar can mop up the terror that rules the streets of Benghazi his popularity will soar.
If Libya is stabilized under something like martial law, Clinton will benefit, removing a serious obstacle to her obtaining the presidency, namely her failure in diplomacy leading to the first terror state in the world. A state ruled ostensibly by Al Qaeda like formations. Followers of the ideas of qutb, the inspiration for Zawahiri and in turn Bin Laden. The silence of the US Government tends to indicate that the US government is supporting Haftar.
Or at least this is what we are being led to believe.
On one side Misrata and Libya Shield.
What of the Petroleum Defense Guard of 17,000 men
See http://www.microtopia.org/libya-conflict-intel-2014

Kurt Nimmo
March 29, 2011
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On Saturday, McClatchy reported that Khalifa Hifter, a former Gaddafi military officer, was appointed to lead the rebel army supported by the United Nations, the United States and the Globalist Coalition.
The rebels, portrayed as heroic by the corporate media, are run by the CIA and the globalists. Photo: BRQ Network.
Hifter spent two decades living in suburban Virginia "where he established a life but maintained ties to anti-Gaddafi groups," writes Chris Adams for the newspaper. A friend told the journalist he "was unsure exactly what Hifter did to support himself, and that Hifter primarily focused on helping his large family."
As it turns out, Mr. Hifter is a CIA operative, which likely explains his lengthy stay in Virginia. In 1996, the Washington Post reported that a Col. Haftar (a variation on Hifter) had arrived in the United States and he was "reported to be the leader of a contra-style group based in the U.S. called the Libyan National Army," the Wisdom Fund noted at the time. "This group is supported by the U.S., and has been given training facilities in the U.S. It's a good presumption that Col. Haftar's group operates in Libya with the blessings of our government."
In 2001, Le Monde diplomatique published a book entitled Manipulations africaines stating that Hifter, then a colonel in Gaddafi's army, was captured while fighting in Chad in a Libyan-backed rebellion against the US-supported government of Hissène Habré. "He defected to the Libyan National Salvation Front (LNSF), the principal anti-Gaddafi group, which had the backing of the American CIA. He organized his own militia, which operated in Chad until Habré was overthrown by a French-supported rival, Idriss Déby, in 1990," writes Patrick Martin.
Chad served as a base of operations to destabilize Libya, according to Paris-based African Confidential newsletter. It reported on January 5th, 1989, that "the US and Israel had set up a series of bases in Chad and other neighboring countries to train 2000 Libyan rebels captured by the Chad army," writes author Peter Dale Scott.
http://www.infowars.com/cia-operative-appointed-to-run-al-qaeda-connected-libyan-rebels/

Kurt Nimmo
March 29, 2011
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On Saturday, McClatchy reported that Khalifa Hifter, a former Gaddafi military officer, was appointed to lead the rebel army supported by the United Nations, the United States and the Globalist Coalition.
The rebels, portrayed as heroic by the corporate media, are run by the CIA and the globalists. Photo: BRQ Network.
Hifter spent two decades living in suburban Virginia "where he established a life but maintained ties to anti-Gaddafi groups," writes Chris Adams for the newspaper. A friend told the journalist he "was unsure exactly what Hifter did to support himself, and that Hifter primarily focused on helping his large family."
As it turns out, Mr. Hifter is a CIA operative, which likely explains his lengthy stay in Virginia. In 1996, the Washington Post reported that a Col. Haftar (a variation on Hifter) had arrived in the United States and he was "reported to be the leader of a contra-style group based in the U.S. called the Libyan National Army," the Wisdom Fund noted at the time. "This group is supported by the U.S., and has been given training facilities in the U.S. It's a good presumption that Col. Haftar's group operates in Libya with the blessings of our government."
In 2001, Le Monde diplomatique published a book entitled Manipulations africaines stating that Hifter, then a colonel in Gaddafi's army, was captured while fighting in Chad in a Libyan-backed rebellion against the US-supported government of Hissène Habré. "He defected to the Libyan National Salvation Front (LNSF), the principal anti-Gaddafi group, which had the backing of the American CIA. He organized his own militia, which operated in Chad until Habré was overthrown by a French-supported rival, Idriss Déby, in 1990," writes Patrick Martin.
Chad served as a base of operations to destabilize Libya, according to Paris-based African Confidential newsletter. It reported on January 5th, 1989, that "the US and Israel had set up a series of bases in Chad and other neighboring countries to train 2000 Libyan rebels captured by the Chad army," writes author Peter Dale Scott.
http://www.infowars.com/cia-operative-appointed-to-run-al-qaeda-connected-libyan-rebels/

duration:12:43

published:30 Mar 2011

updated:30 Mar 2011

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Protest against Khalifa sparks clashes in Tripoli

Clashes continue in Libya between supporters of General Khalifa Hifter, who has decided to take on the Islamist militants who have made the country all-but ungovernable, and opponents of the military leader.
A demonstration against Khalifa in Tripoli broke down into scuffles and running battles when Khalifa supporters arrived and tried to drive them off the streets.
Since the fall of the Gaddafi dictatorship in 2011 militias and the army have struggled for control and two rival governments ha...
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duration:1:06

published:07 Jun 2014

updated:07 Jun 2014

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L'intervention du Général Khalifa Haftar sur la chaine Ettounsiya TV

L'intervention du Général Khalifa Haftar sur la chaine Ettounsiya TV

duration:2:18

published:24 May 2014

updated:24 May 2014

views:1316

The truth of Khalifa Haftar - CIA Declassified

Khalifa Haftar was involved in the Chad wars with Libya that started in the 1970's. He switched sides and began to work against Libya (have been recruited by the CIA) and was granted a safe haven in Chad then in USA . Since then he became a CIA agent.

duration:5:21

published:19 Dec 2014

updated:19 Dec 2014

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General Khalifa Haftar Libya bomb targets Benghazi home

A suicide bomb attack at the home of a rogue Libyan general - who has been leading an offensive against government-funded Islamist militia - has killed three people.
General Khalifa Haftar, a former army chief of staff under Col Muammar Gaddafi, survived the blast in the city of Benghazi, officials say.
Several people were wounded.
Benghazi is at the centre of a two-week long campaign by Gen Haftar's forces against Islamist armed groups.
He accuses the government of supporting terrorism, which the authorities deny.
Gen Haftar's actions have been backed by an array of groups, including military forces in the east as well as some members of the air force.
Libya is still in turmoil three years after the fall of Gaddafi - with political, religious and political factions locked in disagreement about the country's future.

duration:0:37

published:04 Jun 2014

updated:04 Jun 2014

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Libyan Rebel Leader With CIA Ties Feels Abandoned

Shanshank Bengali: Khalifa Hifter thought he'd be America's man in Libya, but he claims US is ignoring his pleas for arms

In Libya, the death toll continues to rise in an offensive launched by a retired army general against militants in the eastern city of Benghazi.
According to the latest official figures, nearly 80 people have been killed and more than 140 injured in violent clashes that began on Friday. Khalifa Haftar's loyalists, known as the National Army, have used air and ground forces against the militants holed up in the region. The Libyan government and parliament have declared Haftar's army outlaws and have denounced their operation as a coup attempt. The government forces have also declared a no-fly zone over Benghazi. But so far, Haftar has defied the decree, saying his group will continue operations to flush out what he calls terrorists from Benghazi.

duration:5:50

published:18 May 2014

updated:18 May 2014

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Militants resist Haftar’s offensive in Benghazi

Islamist militias are holding their ground despite Libya’s army throwing its full weight behind former general Khalifa Haftar.

duration:1:16

published:16 Oct 2014

updated:16 Oct 2014

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Troops Allied to Renegade General Haftar Behind Attack on Parliament in Libya

Para-Military Troops allied to Renegade General Khalifa Haftar former Commander in Gaddafi's Army are Behind the Attack on Parliament in Libya.

US Puppet Unleashes New War In Libya

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A Useful Idiot discusses the last weeks events in Libya as a General Khalifa Hifter launched a major coup attempt after an earlier coup in February failed.This time he attacked both militant camps in Benghazi as well as Parliament in Tripoli and is picking up support from other military elements around the country.Factor in that 200 US marines were stationed in Sicily 4 days before as a "Libya crisis response team", Hifter's decades in the US and as a known CIA asset, and evidence of money and heavy guns coming in for Hifter's support and we have the makings of a US directed operation.US denial of involvement is further evidence of involvement.The potential for a new round of bloodbath is high as fighting is reported to be the heaviest since the NATO war and we have militias, the government army as it is, and now a new rebel army.
The story:http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/an-rx-for-washingtons-libyan-fiasco-get-out-and-stay-out/?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mailing+List+AM+Wednesday
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The general:http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/the-cia-at-work-in-the-libya-mess-new-general-in-charge-lived-in-dc-beltway-for-decades-on-exactly-whose-payroll/?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mailing+List+AM+Tuesday
The story:http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/05/20/libya-on-the-brink-of-civil-war/
The story:http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/how-nato-turned-libya-into-an-ungovernable-armed-camp/?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mailing+List+PMTuesday

duration:9:08

published:26 May 2014

updated:26 May 2014

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Gunmen storm Libyan parliament, raid offices of lawmakers

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Forces loyal to a rogue Libyan general attacked the country's parliament Sunday, expanding his eastern offensive against Islamists into the heart of the country's capital. The attack forced lawmakers to flee under a barrage of heavy gunfire.
The troops of Gen. Khalifa Hifter targeted Islamist lawmakers and officials, his spokesman Mohammed al-Hegazi told Libya's al-Ahrar television station. Al-Hegazi said Hifter blames the officials for allowing extremists forces to exert unrivalled influence in the country.
"This parliament is what supports these extremist Islamist entities," al-Hegazi told the station. "The aim was to arrest these Islamist bodies who wear the cloak of politics."
Al-Hegazi said forces loyal to Hifter met resistance from militias he accused of "holding the country hostage." He called the parliament the "heart of the crisis" in Libya.
Gunfire near parliament could be heard for kilometres (miles) around. Smoke billowed from a distance over the parliament building, as witnesses said the attacking forces shelled the building from the southern edge of the city.

Manal Omar: Libya is Still Trying to Find Political Solutions

Manal Omar, associate vice president of the Center for Middle East and Africa programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, joined Al Jazeera English to discuss the standoff between Libya's parliament and general Khalifa Hifter. For more information about USIP's work in Libya, visit: http://www.usip.org/category/countries/libya
Date: May 19, 2014

duration:3:50

published:20 May 2014

updated:20 May 2014

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Demonstrations in Tripoli in support of General Khalifa Haftar

Demonstrators back renegade general in war against Ansar al-Sharia; governments meanwhile continue to claim legitimacy

duration:1:39

published:01 Jun 2014

updated:01 Jun 2014

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24 Killed as Libyan Forces Battle Militias in East

Fierce fighting in eastern Libya between army troops loyal to a rogue general and two militias killed 24 people Friday, with the country's top military official calling the offensive launched without government approval a "coup."Military aircraft and helicopters, apparently under the command of Gen. Khalifa Hifter, flew over the eastern city of Benghazi, Libyan security officials said. On the ground, Hifter's troops besieged the bases of the Islamist militia Rafallah al-Sahati and a militia known as February 17, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk tojournalists.The clashes killed at least 24 people, according to several health officials in at least four hospitals in the city where bodies arrived. A total of 124 were wounded, officials said.Mohammed al-Hegazi, a spokesman for Hifter, told Libyan television station Al-Ahrar that some military units joined Hifter and his forces in their fight against the Islamist militia.He said the operation, called the "Dignity of Libya," include air forces and special forces. Al-Hegazi said Hifter's forces now controlled the two militia bases.The "clashes will not stop until the operation achieves its goals," al-Hegazi said. He said forces based at the city's airport also joined Hifter. It was not immediately possible to verify his claims. Associated Press footage from Benghazi showed at least one military helicopter flying overhead as gunfire crackled in the city.Speaking from Benghazi, Ismail al-Salabi, commander of the Rafallah al-Sahati, called the attack a coup, denying the militia bases had been overrun. Another commander, Fathi al-Obeidi, called Hifter's attack "a rebellion against revolutionaries, the state and the legitimate revolt."Libya's state LANA news agency quoted Milad al-Zowi, a special forces spokesman, denying that his troops were involved.Tags:abc breaking news, bbc, bbc football, bbc iplayer, bbc news, bbc news america, bbc persian, bbc sport, bbc weather, bbc world news, breaking celebrity news, breaking election news, breaking late news, breaking local news, breaking music news, breaking news, breaking news alerts, breaking news canada, breaking news headlines, breaking news in atlanta, breaking news in nigeria, breaking news india, breaking news pensacola florida, breaking news plane crash, breaking news story, breaking sports news, business expensive news home media world, christian world news, cnn, cnn breaking news, cnn money, cnn news, cnn news breaking news, cnn news world, detroit breaking news, global news, headline, headline news, health care technology news, hot latest global news, internet technology news, las vegas breaking news, latest breaking news, latest celebrity news, latest information technology news, latest music news, latest news, latest news headlines, latest news update, latest sports news, live breaking news, local breaking news, local news today, msn breaking news, nbc breaking news, nbc world news, news of the world, news report us world, news today news, news updated daily, solar technology news, sports news today, technology news, the latest news, today news, us news and world, us news and world report, us news and world report magazine, us news and world report web site, us news world report, world news, world news daily, world news headlines,Ukrainian,Ukraine Protest,Ukraine Crisis,Ukraine Ex-Leader,Top World News,Today World News,World News Today,Latest Today World News.

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published:17 May 2014

updated:17 May 2014

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General's Revolt Threatens To Renew Fight In Libya

A revolt by a renegade general against Islamists who dominate Libya's politics threatened to spiral into an outright battle for power that could fragment the North African nation as the country's numerous armed militias on Monday started to line up behind the rival camps. Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who lived for years in exile in the United States during the rule of autocrat Moammar Gadhafi, touts himself as a nationalist who is waging a war against terrorism to save Libya from Islamic extremists. His loyalists and allies in the past days attacked Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi and on Sunday stormed the Islamist-led parliament in Benghazi. Hifter's opponents accuse him of seeking to grab power, acting on behalf of former regime figures in exile by orchestrating an Egyptian-style military overthrow of Islamists that would wreck already struggling attempts at democracy.
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published:19 May 2014

updated:19 May 2014

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Libyan elite unit joins retired general's forces

Libya is bracing for more chaos as more troops are joining the ranks of forces commanded by renegade general Khalifa Hifter.
An elite unit commander says his troops are banding together with paramilitaries in the eastern city of Benghazi. Meanwhile, the government has proposed an initiative aimed at saving the country from plunging into civil war.

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